IBM System z & DS8000 Technology Synergy(6.3 MB)
The IBM System Storage DS8000 has been at the forefront of innovation and support for the System z hardware and software platform. This paper provides a comprehensive view of how IBM's flagship disk platform offers unmatched support and innovation for System z.
An Assessment of SSD Performance in the IBM System Storage DS8000(46 KB)
This paper will discuss the advantages of SSD, highlight SSD best practices, provide an assessment of performance using DS8000s with SSD, and demonstrate energy, cooling, and space savings with SSD
Self-Encrypting Drives for Servers, NAS and SAN Arrays(967 KB)
This paper discusses the challenge of securing data on hard drives that will inevitably leave the owner's control. It reviews how self-encrypting drives can enable higher security for data at rest when drives are returned for warranty, retired, or repurposed
Disaster Recovery using Veritas Storage Foundation Enterprise HA & IBM DS8000 with Metro Mirror(686 KB)
This document describes how Symantec & IBM have installed, configured & validated High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery (DR) configurations for DB2 & Oracle with System Storage DS800. These validations include local HA configurations using Veritas Storage Foundation & Veritas Cluster Server.
Implementing IBM DS8000 with Enterprise Database Applications
IBM Consistency Group Technology can help deliver a “near-Instant” point-intime copy of the production database using a globally consistent clone copy of the database.
Using the advanced copy Services functions of the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 storage server, users can create a clone copy while minimizing impact on a live R/3 system.
IBM System Storage DS8000 and DS6000 Advanced Copy and Mirroring Functions(241 KB)
The IBM System Storage DS6000 series, DS8000 series and ESS all offer a number of Advanced Copy and Mirroring functions designed to address an organization's need for high availability, data duplication, disaster recovery and data migration.
